A slide emphasizing the Thrift Stores in the Weed, CA community. Buy items at economic prices at two convenient stores on Main St. Both have a wide variety of products to support the community, especially the students at College of the Siskiyous

1. SHOP AT A THRIFT
STORE IN YOUR
COMMUNITY!
By: Noel Gonzalez

2. WHY
SHOP AT
A THRIFT
STORE?
Weed, CA Thrift Stores
• Timeless Treasures
• Eagles Nest
• Thrift stores are a convenient way to
shop for secondhand items at low
prices.
• The thrift stores in Weed, CA
community are in walking distance
due to their convenient location on
Main Street.
• It saves people in our community
money on gas because they don’t have
to leave Weed for their necessities.
• They are especially convenient for students that go to
College of the Siskiyous that are on a budget.
• For students that don’t have a form of transportation to
shop out of town.
• By shopping at a thrift store you can also reduce your
carbon footprint!

3. WHAT DO
THE THRIFT
STORES
HAVE TO
OFFER?
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Clothes for all ages and sizes!
Shoes.
Books.
Entertainment via VHS/DVD’s.
Furniture.
Paintings.
Jewelry.
Kitchen Appliances.
You can buy practically
Kitchen Utensils.
anything at a thrift store!
Cookware.
Some stores like the
Cleaning products. Eagles Nest have certain
policies with donations
Much More!!
that they receive due to
health and safety reasons.

4. CLOTHES!
*All photos are products at the local thrift stores!
• Both the Eagles Nest and
Timeless Treasures offer
affordable clothing
ranging from $6.99 and
down for people of all
age, gender and sizes!
• Purchase clothes for an
outfit for casual, work or
school!
• Instead of buying a pair
of pants for $39.99 at a
big name department
store buy a couple of
outfits from your local
thrift store!

5. KITCHEN NECESSITIES!
• Kitchen Utensils are .50 cents or
cheaper!
• Kitchen appliances like
coffeemakers, waffle irons and griddles
are put for sale but they sell quickly!
• Plastic containers, bowls and cups are
frequently put out at cheap prices!
• Dining table sets are always available!
• Very convenient for a college student to
get brand name kitchen dishes and
appliances without spending top dollar!
• Get all your kitchen necessities for
around $30!
*All photos are products at the local thrift stores!

6. ENTERTAINMENT/
LEISURE
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*All photos are products at the local thrift stores!
The thrift stores in our community are a
great way to get rid of ones boredom.
Both stores have plenty of
entertainment to offer.
VHS are available by the dozens!
DVD’s are cheap and entertaining!
Books are put out frequently so that
customers have a wide selection to
choose from.
Large selection of books.
Large selection of kids books for under a
dollar!
Video Games!
Board Games!
VHS/DVD players are put out but sell
quickly.

7. FURNITURE AND
DÉCOR
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At the thrift stores you can find couches and love seats for $149.99 on average.
Dining Table sets.
Paintings to hang on walls.
Home décor such as lava lamps, ethnic art, etc. are common in the stores.
Perfect for anyone trying to furnish or decorate their homes.
Get all your furnishings at a fourth of the original prices!
*All photos are products at the local thrift stores!

8. MISCELLANEOUS
ITEMS
• Amongst some of the many things that
you can find in the thrift stores in town
there are…..
• Cleaning/ Hygiene products for residents
that don’t have transportation to shop
out of town.
• Jewelry!
• Thank you/Holiday cards!
• These are some of the things that are
convenient for people to get these type
of items than to travel elsewhere .
*All photos are products at the local thrift stores!

9. BE CONSCIOUS OF
THE
ENVIRONMENT!
• The Eagles Nest and Timeless Treasures
are in cooperation with Tiedemann
Globe Incorporated. TGI is a company
that collects discarded clothing, shoes
and books. They distribute the decent
clothing to developing countries and
the bad clothing they make into
different materials. With their help the
thrift stores in town are able to help the
environment and developing countries.
• TGI collects an estimated 40 thousand
pounds of product a year from our local
thrift stores!
• That is 40 thousand pounds of material
not dumped into our local landfill!
• Buying secondhand items decreases
your carbon footprint!

10. INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR
LOCAL THRIFT STORES!
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Eagles Nest
Store Hours 9 AM – 4 PM Mon –Sat
Donation Hours are until 3 PM
Accepts no donations on Monday
123 Main St. Weed, CA 96094
530-938-4663
Accepting people to volunteer or to do
community service hours!
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Timeless Treasures
Store Hours 9 AM – 5 PM Mon – Sat
Accepts all donations
298 Main St. Weed, CA 96094
530-938-9544
Accepting people to volunteer or to
do community service hours!

11. VISIT A
THRIFT STORE
TO BUY
SOMETHING
YOU CAN’T
LIVE
WITHOUT!
• Thrift stores are increasing all over the USA.
• Get all your life necessities at your local thrift
store!
• Both stores in Weed offer a 10% discount to COS
students towards their purchase!
• The Eagles Nest was created to help students
with necessities since 1997!
• COS Foundation supports the Eagles Nest and
the store is also the largest from of funding for
the Foundation.
• The stores are here to support the community
with products they need.
• They are also for the students to take
advantage!
• Save some money and shop at a local Thrift
Store!

12. PHOTO
CREDITS
• Weed City Limit Sign
http://weheartit.com/tag/weed%20city
• Carbon Footprint
http://www.treehugger.com/cleantechnology/how-to-reduce-your-carbonfootprint-by-one-ton-a-year.html
• College of the Siskiyous Photo
http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.e
du/collegeDetails.aspx?collegeID=181&txt=
College%20of%20the%20Siskiyous
• Landfill Photo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill
• Tiedemann Globe , Inc Logo
http://www.gomylocal.com/biz/15693855/Ti
edemann-Globe,-Inc.-Phoenix-AZ-85043